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33 aid workers have been killed during the first eight months of 2014 in Afghanistan, in several security incidents with different causes and actors involved. ACBAR calls on all actors, government, opposition, and independent, to actively refrain from hostile acts that cause injuries or death of aid workers.

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 83 year VII

Despite his enormous contributions to science,Albert Einstein was no reclusive genius, his ever-eager conversations and correspondence engaging such diverse partners as the Indian philosopher Tagore and a young South African girl who wanted to be a scientist.

This report assesses the overall situation of women in Afghanistan across key sectors, acting as a follow-up to the report published by the World Bank in 2005 entitled, Afghanistan: National Reconstruction and Poverty Reduction-Role of Women in Afghanistan’s Future.

Source: Heinrich Boll Stiftung Election season Afghanistan has been the source of no shortage of intrigue, violence, negotiations and maneuvering. In recent days, despite pressure from the United States, UN and other international players, the […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 82 year VII

Source: UNAMA UNAMA notes the announcement today of the main findings and recommendations of the President’s fact-finding delegation tasked to investigate torture and ill-treatment of detainees by Afghan authorities in Afghan detention facilities. UNAMA has not yet received […]

Source: Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights The Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights created this Annotated Bibliography for the Women’s Regional Network to provide a guide to the landscape of academic research […]

No one should be forced into marriage, or made to marry while still a child. No girl or woman should have to endure the physical and psychological effects of female genital mutilation.